The Walk Foundation Night at The Comic Strip
A few videos to commemorate my brother’s foundation that helps people walk again after serious injury or disease. More at togetherwewalk.org More at https://togetherwewalk.org/a-night-of-laughs/
Reflections on the “get.”
When tragedy strikes and lives are lost, people have many ways of expression, depending on the circumstances. Grieving and sometimes agonizing mental pain, remorse, and regret for a parent, partner, or God forbid: a child who passed away are part of what it means to be human. Anguish for someone you know or have known–…
Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
Trump Is the Jan. 6 President Credit…Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times By The Editorial Board The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. It was a day that should live in infamy. Instead, it was the…
Norman Thomas Marshall
I’ll miss the chats and the camaraderie we shared over the years. You are a good soul, Norman; far too good for many more words and certainly not from me. I remember fondly your visit to Topeka and performance of “John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom,” at the Kansas State Historical Society in 2008. Here’s a…
Salvation Army Promo
2020 marked many sorrows, sacrifices and challenges. Though the long pandemic nightmare, the Topeka Salvation Army provided essential services AND reached out to our community in new ways: 2020 saw the grand opening of three shields boxing academy: a cooperative after-school program with law enforcement and first responders mentoring kids 4 and up The pandemic…
Grateful Dead Live at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, 1976
Give it a minute to load and please enjoy an hour or so on a spring day in 1976. Stream, above… or just download it HERE! This is the second half of one of the shows the Dead performed at one of their favorite venues: the renowned Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ. Usually, the…
The Last Days at the Fillmore West
Listen>>>Side 6 for your pleasure..Taj, Elvin, and More! Rerecorded with a 1962 Sherwood s-8-0000 iv, a so-so turntable.. and, of course, a computer. But the phono pre-amp section of this Sherwood is still excellent and the tube output yields a much warmer sound.
In search of: the great hot dog…of north Jersey
I recently revisited some old stomping grounds and compared two of my favorite hot dog joints in Jersey. Now there are at least two or three more in the north Jersey area, but due to time and digestive constraints, I chose these two iconic places. Complimentsand a heartfelt thanks tomy photographer and partner in gastronomy…
Awards
Awards and accolades from years gone by…
Reprise on the Kansas’s Cotton industry
Some of the shows I shot, produced and edited highlighting the cotton industry in Kansas, believe it or not.